Southern belle en · NOUN
Meanings
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(US) A beautiful, archetypal (especially upper class) white woman of the Southern United States.
[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.
2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| southern belle | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Southern belles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (2)
de Südstaatenschönheit (American female archetype) · es belleza sureña (American female archetype)